The Problem of authority in America edited by John P. Diggins and Mark E. Kann. - Philadelphia Temple University Press 1981. - x, 255 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Authority in America -- The three faces of authority / by John P. Diggins -- The idea of the state in America / by Sheldon Wolin -- Consent and authority in America / by Mark E. Kann -- Community or contract: William Faulkner and the dual legacy / by John H. Schaar -- Language as history: Ezra Pound's search for the authority of history / by Alfred Kazin -- Poetic tradition and authority / by William Arrowsmith -- The politics of narcissism / by Russell Jacoby -- The Oedipal riddle / by Jessica Benjamin -- By what-authority? / by Philip Rieff.

0877222207 18.95

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Authority.--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Authority.--Psychological aspects--Addresses, essays, lectures.

HM271 / .P7 1981

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